The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-22

10 made. and it gradually fell into ruins.
such was the condition of affairs with the
IA house until one morning, about ten
Years ago, it was discovered that it had a
,enant once more. Smoke in small, thin
cloud. as if the supply of fuel below was
meager, rose feebly every day from the
ancient chimney; and the form of a man
was seen occasionally about the premises,
though no one succeeded in getting a near
view of his face. How he lived, where he
obtained food, no one could tell; for if he
| left the house at all, it must have been at
night, when every one else was at rest.
No attempt was made to find out any thing
more regarding the inmate of the old house,
as it was generally supposed that he was
tramp, and tramps were held in wholesome
awe in Winston But one evening, about q
fortnight after the strangers first appear
lance about the old house, fire was discov-
Tered bursting forth from one of the windows
of the only part of it that could be inhabited.
The alarm was given, and a crowd soon as
lsembled at the scene of the conflagration-
with no intention, however, of trying to
lsave the building-When, to the horror of
all, was seen through the smoke pouring
forth from the open doorway, the figure of
"a man lying extended on the floor, opposite
the fireplace 1t was but the work of mo-
ment for one of the throng, a strong and
resolute man, to rush into the burning house.
and at some risk to himself, drag it's pros
trate inmate to a place of safety. He was
then taken TO a house near by, where the
remainder of the night was passed IN at
tempts to resuscitate the unconscious man,
but without success. 1t was the opinion of
the physician that when the fire broke out
be XaS sleeping, and that, having breathed
oke, he had soon become unconscious
Is effects.
"a re Sd an eT-waS man of medium size,
but muscular in his build. He was an In
dian, though there was that in his appear
ance indicating that his lineage might be
traced back, somewhere in the past, to a
white ancestor. His face, even in his al
most death-like condition, was stern and
naughty to the last degree i'll its expression.
Ali night he lay in a stupor but one remove
from death, when, just at daybreak, he
opened his eyes and turned them toward
the window from which could be seen the
slowly drifting smoke from the last embers
of the Trevor House. With a slight gasp,
he closed his eyes once more, and life was
extinct.
An examination of the dead Indians per-
son threw no light upon his identity, but
revealed enough to cast over him the
shadow Of profound mystery. From his
neck, suspended by thong of deerskin,
was one of the brass medals, having figure
of the crucifiX engraved upon it, once given
by the Jesuit missionaries to their Indian
converts. But the most important, as well
as the most mystifying fact, was the pres
ence Of the word Trevor" inscribed upon
the leathern thong in rude, but legible
characters.
Who was this man, and whence did he
come! Was he a descendant of the boy
who was stolen more than a century and a
half ago from this very house just burned
to the ground! What were the traditions
that perhaps had led him, like his aboriginal
forefathers of two centuries before to
come to the land of his double-raced an
cestry! But whether the few facts known
concerning the last tenant of the old Trevor
House were merely a singular coincidence,
or whether he was, in truth, of%the direct
line of stout, old Sir Roger Trevor, whose
sword helped force the Magma Charta from
King Johns unwilling hands, the belief has
obtained firm hold of the romantic mag
nation of East Winston that the old house
and the last descendant of its builder passed
out of being together.-George II. Shepard, IN
Bdli0u'S IWOntty MdQdzine.